Current Security Issues
- Are you sure you're prepared for a data breach?
03.08.10 Google Alerts - data breach
SC Magazine US Think about it: Presumably you've worked hard to create a brand that engenders trust, so when a crisis such as a data breach befall...
- Westin is latest hotel to be hit by hackers
03.08.10 Infosecurity (USA) - Latest News
In further proof that the hospitality industry is becoming a prime target for hackers, The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites has admitted a likely d...
- Missing external drive exposes 35000 guard members names, Social Security numbers
03.08.10 OSF Data Loss - Latest Incidents
Arkansas Army National Guard data loss incident circa 2010-02-22
- Hotel systems may have been hacked, disclosing credit and debit card numbers
03.07.10 OSF Data Loss - Latest Incidents
Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites data loss incident circa 2010-03-05
- UWMC patient financial information compromised
03.06.10 OSF Data Loss - Latest Incidents
University of Washington Med Ctr. data loss incident circa 2010-03-02
- Significant fines for businesses who dare to breach data...
03.05.10 Google Alerts - data breach
Some of the guidance notes, such as in relation to laptops, are of more immediate practical application than others; develop a data breach response pl...
- RSA: Napolitano issues DHS national cybersecurity challenge to security community
03.04.10 Infosecurity (USA) - Latest News
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered one of the Wednesday keynote addresses, which focused on cybersecurity, at this y...
- Verizon releases framework used for data breach investigations reports
03.04.10 Google Alerts - data breach
Verizon Business is publicly releasing the research framework used for the company's Data Breach Investigations Reports. The Verizon Incident-Shar...
- RSA Conference: Health care infosec pros discuss data security
03.03.10 Latest articles from SC Magazine US News
Protecting health data becomes more difficult in a socially networked world, but blocking access to these popular sites is being met with dissent, a p...
- Companies urged to share data breach information
03.03.10 SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily News
Sharing breach data with law enforcement is necessary for fighting sophisticated online criminals, panelists say.
- RSA: PCI DSS survey shows that encryption is tops when it comes to end-to-end security
03.02.10 Infosecurity (USA) - Latest News
According to a survey of qualified security assessors (QSA), the optimum methodology for end-to-end security protection is encryption.
- Spreadsheet containing patient information, including Social Security numbers, addresses, telephone numbers exposed on file sharing network
03.02.10 OSF Data Loss - Latest Incidents
Open Door Clinic data loss incident circa 2010-02-26
- Verizon shares framework to gather, analyze security incident data
03.02.10 Google Alerts - data breach
The framework draws credibility from the 2008 and 2009 data breach investigation reports. Those reports are based on the collected metrics from hundre...
- RSA: Securing cloud computing is industry responsibility says Art Coviello
03.02.10 Infosecurity (USA) - Latest News
In his keynote at RSA 2010, San Francisco, RSA President Art Coviello spoke of the industry’s latest and greatest challenge: securing cloud computin...
- Mass. Data Privacy Law: Are You Compliant?
03.01.10 Google Alerts - data breach
... resources to proactively monitor compliance, but will instead depend on the required data breach notifications made to the attorney general's ...
- Is increased government regulation the answer to increased privacy protection?
03.01.10 Google Alerts - data breach
I suspect that, for many companies, the cost of a data breach may be just another cost of doing business. For these companies, the costs of a breach, ...
- Cloud Security Alliance releases top cloud computing security threats
03.01.10 SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily News
The Cloud Security Alliance identifies seven top cloud computing security threats.
- X-Force: Document vulnerabilities on the rise
02.26.10 Infosecurity (USA) - Latest News
Adobe's PDF document format continued to take a bashing this week, after a report from IBM's X-Force security consulting arm singled out readers suppo...
- IBM report: Vulnerabilities fell in '09, attacks rose
02.25.10 Latest articles from SC Magazine US News
The number of new and unpatched vulnerabilities decreased last year compared to 2008, but attack volume grew substantially, according to a new report ...
- American University Exposed In Data Breach
02.25.10 Google Alerts - data breach
... the breach was first detected on 11 December 2009, and a subsequent investigation found that hackers had accessed the data as far back as 11 Novem...